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Original-reading device with a movable reading unit

US5125047A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 16, 1990
Grant dateJun 23, 1992
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Expiry dateOct 16, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/044
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An original-reading device includes a light source for irradiating an original disposed at a reading position, a photoelectric conversion device for converting light reflected from the original into an image signal, a reading unit supporting the light source and the photoelectric conversion device, a feeder for feeding the original to the reading position, a reference member provided at a position different from the reading position, for correcting an image signal from the original, and means for moving the reading unit between a position for reading the reference member and the reading position.

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